Lots of questions this round about Swiss Army knife Isiah Kiner-Falefa, as well as last week’s 2021 crystal ball stories. I get it. When the season isn’t going well, looking forward is what we do. You’re doing it, and I’m doing it. Baseball, with its farm system structure, promotes it.

Here’s hoping that the next “Batting Around” stop-down involves a lot more feel-good stuff at the big league level. In the meantime, thanks for the avalanche of questions. Here are some answers.

Part 1: Have you truly given up hope for this year to be competitive, so much so that AB gets traded (as referenced in Crystal Ball), if so, how do we lineup in Aug/Sept?

Part 2: Fave Radiohead song/album?

T.j. S.

(1) I haven’t given up hope. But in taking on that challenge, I tried to be realistic — both in the place the club will find itself as the trade deadline nears, and in the trade components that I thought might make sense for...

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